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Lifestyle

Inspiration for elevated living: the best in food, drinks, home, travel, health, entertainment & more.

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Lifestyle
The Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta
By Cool Material
It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter
Lifestyle
It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter

These 5 lighters turn a disposable necessity into a piece of EDC you’ll actually want to carry.

By Beau Hayhoe
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Lifestyle
Puerto Vallarta Beyond the Beach: A Journey Through Art & Culture

A guide to the galleries, murals, sculptures, and musical performances worth seeking out between beach days.

By Cool Material
This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington
Lifestyle
This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington

A three-day ride along former railways takes you through the Cascades and all the way into Seattle.

By Brandon Withrow
Transportation
Body Armor 4×4 Car Parts

Founded over a decade ago with the vision to "provide high quality durable products for the off-road community," Body Armor 4x4 Off-Road Upgrade Parts will take your adventures to a whole new level of innovative abuse. Need RockCrawler side bars, an upgraded front winch bumper or a full cargo rack…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Home
IKEA Snap Together Furniture

We're not trying to brag, but we never encountered the frustration with assembling IKEA furniture that everyone complains about. Part of the attraction of IKEA was the sense of accomplishment we had after our bed/bookshelf/desk/table was finally put together. Evidently we're in the minority though, because IKEA is introducing the wedge…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Entertainment
‘Surf Shacks’ Illustrates How Surfers Live

From New York City apartments and tiny Hawaiian huts, to cabins nestled in the woods and converted buses, many humble abodes fall under the general label "surf shack." Surf Shacks: An Eclectic Compilation of Creative Surfer's Homes from Coast to Coast and Overseas is Gestalten's latest tome that chronicles and…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Home
LEGO Ferrari Showroom

The latest in a long line of cool user created brick sets for LEGO Ideas is for a Ferrari Flagship Showroom. Created by LEGO Ideas user AbFab1974, this 2,000 brick set could include everything you need to have your very own tribute to the prancing horse at home or the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Home
3D-Printed Planets for Your Desk

At the intersection of 3D-printing, scientific data and insanely detailed art you'll find London-based Little Planet Factory. As you might have guessed by their name, they produce 3D-printed planets, moons and full solar systems that are tiny enough to fit on your desk or in the palm of your hand.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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